Jeff Wescott
Academics, Faculty
Jeff Wescott
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Ocean Policy
Education:
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
M.A. Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
B.A. Anthropology and Cognitive Psychology, SUNY Buffalo
About
Research Areas & Interests
Political and cognitive dimensions of human-environment interactions; Island and coastal environmental histories; Blue sustainability and innovation; Social-ecological systems and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Selected Publications
- Pristine Grounds, Plastics Histories: Narrating Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai. In Entire of Itself? Towards an Environmental History of Islands, Milica Prokić and Pavla Šimková, eds. Pp. 327- 348. Cambridgeshire, UK: White Horse Press. 2024.
- We Sail for Stories: Fifty years of the blue humanities at Sea Education Association. With Richard King and Erin Bryant. In The Ocean, Blue Spaces and Outdoor Learning, Mike Brown, ed. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. 2024.
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania; American Society for Environmental History